Teacher of English

George Green's School, London, E14 3DW

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Suitable for early career teachers
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: Monday to Friday 32.5 hours a week Full-time Temporary (Fixed term contract until July 2026)
• Contract type: Fixed term - July 2026
• Pay scale: MPS / UPS

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking an ambitious and highly dedicated, enthusiastic and energetic Teacher of English with a real passion for learning and teaching, to join our successful English Faculty.

1.Qualification QTS status

2.Knowledge and Understanding

• A clear and well-thought out understanding of current educational issues, theory and practice.
• Have a detailed knowledge of the relevant aspects of the students’ National Curriculum and other statutory requirements.
• Have a secure knowledge and understanding of their specialist subject(s).
• Understand progression in their specialist subject(s).
• Cope securely with subject-related questions which students raise and know about students’ common misconceptions and mistakes in their specialist subject(s).

3.Planning and setting expectations

• Identify clear teaching objectives, content, lesson structures and sequences appropriate to the subject matter and the students being taught.
• Set appropriate and demanding expectations for students learning and motivation. Set clear targets for students learning, building on prior attainment.
• Identify students who have special educational needs, and know where to get help in order to give positive and targeted support. Implement and keep records on Individual Education Plans (IEPs).
• Plan effectively to meet the needs of students with a range of abilities in a mixed ability setting.

4.Teaching and managing student’s learning

• Ensure effective teaching of whole classes, groups and individuals so that teaching objectives are met, momentum and challenge are maintained, and best use is made of teaching time.
• Use teaching methods which keep students engaged, including stimulating students’ intellectual curiosity, effective questioning and response, clear presentation and good use of resources.
• Set high expectations for students’ behaviour, establishing and maintaining a good standard of discipline through well-

focused teaching and through positive and productive relationships.

5.Assessment and evaluation

• Assess how well learning objectives have been achieved and use this assessment for future teaching.
• Mark and monitor students’ class and homework providing constructive oral and written feedback, setting targets for students’ progress.
• When applicable, understand the demands expected of students in relation to the National Curriculum and Key Stage 4courses.

6.Student achievement

• Secure progress towards student targets by using appropriate assessment for learning strategies.

7.Relations with parents and the wider community

• Know how to prepare and present informative reports to parents/carers.
• Recognise that learning takes place outside the school context and provide opportunities to develop students understanding by relating their learning to real and work-related examples.
• Understand the need to liaise with agencies responsible for students’ welfare.

8.Managing own performance and professional development

• Understand the need to take responsibility for their own professional development and to keep up to date with research and developments in pedagogy and in the subjects, they teach.
• Understand their professional responsibilities in relation to school policies and practices.
• Set a good example to the students they teach in their presentation and their personal conduct.
• Evaluate their own teaching critically and use this to improve their effectiveness.

9. Managing and developing staff and other adults

• Establish effective working relationships with professional colleagues including, support staff and beginning teachers.

10. Managing resources

• Select and make good use of textbooks and other resources.
• A whole-hearted commitment to implement the School’s Equal Opportunities and Inclusion Policies.

11. Other attributes considered desirable at George Green’s School

• A record of excellent attendance and punctuality.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including appropriate ICT skills.
• The ability to work, and contribute, effectively within departmental and Year-based teams.
• The ability to work actively and effectively with parents, governors and other stakeholders.
• Flexibility and a willingness to be involved in the life of George Green's School.
• The ability to use own initiative and motivate others.
• A commitment to teaching and lifelong learning, and a willingness to continue to further own learning through continuing professional development.
• Commitment to implement the School’s Equal Opportunities Policies.
• A developing range of successful teaching strategies.
• A secure knowledge of the importance of data as a means both to measure and to extend progress.
• A high level of organisational and planning skills.
• The ability to create a stimulating visual environment for the classroom.
• The ability to create a dynamic learning environment which values everyone equally.
• A commitment to the vision of George Green's School.
• An awareness of equal opportunities issues generally and specifically how they relate to this area of work.
• A willingness to be a life-long learner.

Other attributes considered desirable at George Green’s School.

What the school offers its staff

Investing in you:

- A first-class CPL programme, including dedicated weekly CPL sessions and the opportunity totake part in NPQ programmes at a senior level

- Early paid start from July for ECTs

- Large A Level cohort

- Staff wellbeing programme, including in-house counselling

- Excellent amenities on site, including a gym, secure cycle storage and free parking

- A strong, supportive teaching culture

- Embedded strategies for improving the work-life balance for staff, including our marking policy

- Exciting development and teaching opportunities with our partners in City of London and Canary Wharf.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About George Green's School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1261 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: George Green's School website
• Email address: hr@georgegreens.com
• Phone number: 02079876032
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/george-green-s-school

At George Green’s School, we are deeply committed to being an exceptional school. Our vision and values are deep-rooted and live at the heart of everything we do. We believe that great schools like ours are engines of social change, teaching powerful knowledge to young people so that they can go on to become change-makers and develop into the best possible people they can be. Our vision goes beyond simple success in exams: we will teach our students the cultural, scientific and social knowledge they need to go on to become happy adults, fully engaged in the cultural, economic and democratic life of the society in which they live.

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